Anne-Caroline Chausson will always be best known as the world’s all-time greatest female downhill mountain bike racer. In a career that ran from 1993 to 2005, the Frenchwoman won a dozen elite DH world titles, including 9 at the senior level. But the Frenchwoman’s DH days have been in the rearview mirror for almost a decade. After that she made a successful run at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning gold. Since then the 35-year-old has turned her focus the enduro racing world, which she says truly speaks to the kind of riding she loves most.

“It’s more free and easy than downhill,” says Chausson, 35, who spent the past weekend acting as trail guide and spokeswoman for Mavic at its Notch mountain bike apparel line in Peillon, France. “It’s just riding the bike the way I would if I was out having fun.”

Transporting Chausson to that happy place is a Ibis Mojo HD. Mtbr got an up close and personal look at the all-mountain machine here in France. Now you can, too.

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An avid cyclist, Jason Sumner has been writing about two-wheeled pursuits of all kinds since 1999. He’s covered the Tour de France, the Olympic Games, and dozens of other international cycling events. He also likes to throw himself into the fray, penning first-person accounts of cycling adventures all over the globe. Sumner, who joined the RoadBikeReview.com / Mtbr.com staff in 2013, has also done extensive gear testing and is the author of the cycling guide book "75 Classic Rides: Colorado." When not writing or riding, the native Coloradoan can be found enjoying time with his wife Lisa and daughter Cora.

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